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Your Mac is part of a great team
![A Mac whose desktop shows the main window of an app for editing photos, next to an iPad showing additional open windows from the app with tools for complex photo editing.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5EF110D6680CE23B38350954/5EF110E3680CE23B3835095C/en_US/737f93a86ed579be753615f7057bfb49.png)
Extend your Mac desktop to your iPad
Use your iPad as a second display for your Mac, so you can spread your work across an extended workspace and get creative using Apple Pencil.
![iPhone showing a text message, next to a Mac where the message is being handed off, and the Handoff icon is present at the left end of the Dock.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5EF110D6680CE23B38350954/5EF110E3680CE23B3835095C/en_US/8f1d81fb749e26fd483723c9dce8bffe.png)
Start here, finish there
With Handoff, you can start a task on one device and finish it on another—for example, start a message on your iPhone, then send it from your Mac.
![Apple Watch showing a notification that it’s unlocking a Mac, next to the Mac being unlocked.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5EF110D6680CE23B38350954/5EF110E3680CE23B3835095C/en_US/27a2627ffe11c3ce3e2a28a61a2bd51f.png)
Unlock your Mac from your wrist
Automatically log in to your Mac when you’re wearing your Apple Watch—no need to enter a password.
![iPhone showing a photo selected for AirDrop, next to a Mac with an AirDrop notification asking to decline or accept the image.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5EF110D6680CE23B38350954/5EF110E3680CE23B3835095C/en_US/cb33a2211fb717903ba10d62b45084ed.png)
Share files between devices wirelessly
AirDrop lets you share documents, photos, webpages, and more with anyone nearby who’s on the same Wi-Fi network.